The Crystal Cube 40 years old

The Crystal Cube was a mockumentary television pilot written by and starring Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie, broadcast on 7 July 1983 on BBC2 at 22:10. The pilot was one of Fry and Laurie's first television appearances and the first show they had written themselves. However, the BBC chose not to take it to a full series, and Fry and Laurie did not get a chance to make their own programme for the BBC until 1989, when they produced their first full series of the more conventional sketch show A Bit of Fry and Laurie, after a pilot in 1987.

Credits

The Crystal Cube Cast

Name Character
Robbie Coltrane He was 33, now 73 years old as Martin Bealey
Emma Thompson She was 24, now 64 years old as Jackie Meld
Hugh Laurie He was 24, now 64 years old as Max Belhaven
Stephen Fry He was 25, now 66 years old as Dr. Adrian Cowlacey

The Crystal Cube Crew

Name Department
The Crystal Cube (40 years)

  • Release day: Thursday, July 07, 1983
  • Runtime: 30 minutes